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HERALDRY. 
Argyll, and'conftitnfed, in 14.64, mailer of the houfe¬ 
hold to James III. He was farther promoted, in 1484, 
to be lord high chancellor of the kingdom of Scotland ; 
and married Ifabella,- daughter of John Stuart lord 
Lorn ; in right of which marriage he affumed the title 
of Lorn, and died in 1493. 
Archibald, fecond earl of Argyll, the iffue of the 
above marriage, was conftituted by -James IV. in i495> 
'lord chamberlain, and in 1498 mailer of the houfehold. 
He acquired unfading laurels in the battle of Flodden 
Field, where he Was killed, September 9, 1513. Colin, 
third earl of Argyll, his fon, was conftituted by James 
V. 1514, lord juftice general of the kingdom of Scot'* 
land ; arid in 1529, heritable mafter of his majefty’s 
houfehold. Archibald, fourth ear! of Argyll, his fonj 
diftinguiflied himfelfaf the battle of Pinkey, September 
10,1547 ; and was one of the earlieft converts to the pro- 
teftant religion. He had iffue, iu Archibald, fifth earl 
of Argyll, who was a zealous promoter of the reforma¬ 
tion, and was deeply engaged in tire political and religi¬ 
ons tranfaflions of that period. He entered into the 
cabal of Stirling, in 1565, in confequence of-which he 
was attainted by the Scottifh parliament; but in the 
midft of the fubfequent diforders he became reconciled 
to queen Mary, and commanded in chief on her behalf 
at the battle of Lingftde, May.15, 1568. He was con¬ 
ftituted by James VI. January 17, 1572, lord high chan¬ 
cellor of the kingdom of Scotland ; and married Jane, 
natural daughter of James V. He died September 12, 
1575. 2. Colin, fix-til earl of Argyll, who was con-, 
ftituted by James VI. April 16, 1579, lord high chan¬ 
cellor of Scotland ; and died in 1584. 
Archibald, feventh earl of Argyll, his fon, command¬ 
ed in chief at the battle of Glenlivet, in 1594 ; and dif- 
tinguifhed himfelf in the fuppreftlon of the fubfequent 
infurrefftions, as well as in the Spanifti ferviee againft 
the States General. He difintereftedly furrendeied to 
the crown, in 1628, the office of heritable lord juftice 
general of the kingdom of Scotland. He had ifl'ue, 1. 
Archibald, eighth earl of Argyll. 2. James, who was 
created by James VI. in 1.622, baron Kintyre, and by 
Gharles I. March 28, 1642, baron Lundie, and earl of 
Irvine, which titles became extinfit at his death. Ar¬ 
chibald, eighth earl of Argyll, was the great leader of 
the Scottifh covenanters, in 1639 ; and was created, by 
Charles I. November 15, 1641, marquis of Argyll. He 
in vain attempted to (tern the victorious progrefs of 
the marquis of Montrofe, in 1645, and being furreptiti- 
oufly accufed of high treafon, for corresponding with 
Oliver Cromwell, he received Sentence of death, and 
wa's beheaded May 27, 1661. 
Archibald, lord Lorn, his fon, uniformly adhered to 
the royal cau-fe ; and continued in arms, fighting on 
many occafions, till the beginning of 1656 ; when, being 
committed fo prifojvby the ruling party, lie continued in 
confinement till the period of the reftoration. By Charles 
II. in 1 66 3, he Was reftored to the title of earl of Argyll; 
and, having been condemned to die by an obfolete ftatute 
of the Scottifh parliament, was mo ft honourably pardon¬ 
ed by that monarch in 1668. Having rendered himfelf 
obnoxious to the duke of York, afterwards James II. 
of England, by his Spirited parliamentary conduct upon 
the fubjeCt of the teft, he was again tried for high trea¬ 
fon upon'frivolous pretences, and found guilty, Decem¬ 
ber i*9', 1681 ; but he foon after efcaped into Holland. 
He in confequence invaded Scotland in concert with 
James duke of Monmouth, in 1683 ; and being defeated, 
was put to death upon his former feritence, June 30, in 
that year ; leaving ifl'ue, 1. Archibald, tenth earl of 
Argyll. 2. John, fatherof John, fourth duke of Argyll. 
Archibald, tenth earl of Argyll, attended the prince of 
Orange, afterwards William III. in his defcent into 
England. By that monarch he wris created, June 23, 
11701, baron Inverary, Mull, Morven,.and Tyrie,- vif- 
count Lochow and Glenilla, earl of Campbell and Cowal, 
marquis of Lorn ah cl Kintyre, and dnke of Argyll. He 
died September 28, 1703, leaving ifl'ue, 1. John, fecond 
duke of Argyll. 2. Archibald, third duke of Argyll. 
•John, fecond duke of Argyll, bravely diftinguiftted 
himfelf in the wars of queen Anne, with John duke 01 
Marlborough ; and was appointed by the queen, in 1705, 
lord high commiflioner to the parliament of Scotland ; 
and foon after created baron of Chatham in the county 
of Kentj and earl of Greenwich. He was oive of the 
mod confiderable Supporters of the aClof union in 1707 ; 
and was conftituted, in January 1711, ainbaffador ex¬ 
traordinary and nvinifter plenipotentiary to Charles III. 
titular king of •■Spain, and Commander in chief of her 
majefty’s forces in that kingdom. He was farther pro¬ 
moted, in June 1712, to be commander in chief of her 
majefty’s forces in th.e kingdom of Scotland ; and was 
extremely adtive in fupprefling the rebellion of the year 
1715. He refigned all his employments in June 1716; - 
and was farther declared, in February 1719, lord fteward 
of the houfehold fo George I. and created, April 30, in 
that year, duke of Greenwich in the county of Kent. 
He exchanged, June.3, 1725, the office of lord fteward 
for that of mafter general of the office of ordnance ; 
which employment he refigned in May 1730. The duke 
of Argyll was a conftant fup. orter of the adminiftration 
of fir Robert Walpole • and had an irreliftible influence 
in the kingdom’of Scotland. He married Jane, daugh¬ 
ter of Thomas Warburton, of Winnington in the county 
palatine of Chefter, efquire ; by which lady, who died 
January 16, 1767,. lie had ilfue, 1. Caroline, baronefs 
Gt-eenwich. 2. Elizabeth, married to James Stuart 
Mackenzie, fon of James fecond earl of Bute. Upon 
the death of the duke of Argyll, in October 1743, the 
English honours became extindl. 
Archibald, third duke of Argyll, brother to John, 
the f econd duke, was created by queen Anne, October 29, 
1706, baron Ornfay, Dunoon, and Aros ; vifeount Ilay, 
and earl of I lay, of the kingdom of Scotland. He was 
conftituted, in 1710, lord juftice general of the kingdom 
of Scotland for life ; and in 1714, lord clerk regifter ot 
that kingdom, which office he refigned in 1716. He was 
farther conftituted, in 1721, lord keeper of the privy 
feal of the kingdom of Scotland ; and exchanged that 
office, in 1733, for the place of lord keeper of the great 
feal of that kingdom. Upon his death, April 15, 1761., 
without ifl’ue, the honours bellowed upon him by queen 
Anne, became extindl. 
His grace was fucceeded in paternal titles and eftates, 
by his coufin, John Campbell, foil of John Campbell, 
fecond fon of Archibald, ninth earl of Argyll, a s 
noticed above. He married, in 1720, Mary, daughter 
of John, fecond lord Bellenden; by which lady, he had 
ifl'ue, John, the prefent duke. Henry, killed at the bat¬ 
tle of la Felt. Frederic, married to Mary, daughter of 
Amos Meredith, efq. and widow of Lawrence, earl Fer¬ 
rers, by whom he had iffue. Jane, his daughter, mar¬ 
ried, Odtober 26, 1788, to George-Henry Johnfton, elq. 
William, married, in May 1763, to Mils Sarah Izard, 
of South Carolina, and died September 5, 1778, leaving 
iflare, a daughter, who died in January 1789. Anne, 
horn October 7, 1766. Caroline, married Charles earl 
of Aylefbury, who dying iir 1746, She married Henry- 
Seymour Conway, brother to Francis, firft marquis of 
Hertford, by whom fhe has a daughter, Anne, married, 
June 14, 1767, to the late honourable John Darner, bro¬ 
ther to the prefent earl of Dorchefter. John, the fourth 
duke of Argyll, dying November 17, 1770, was fuc¬ 
ceeded by his foil Jtohn, the ninth earl, and fifth duke, 
created baron Sundridge, of Coombank, in Kent, and, in 
failure of iffue, to his brothers Frederic arid William, 
and their heirs male ; and her grace was created a ba- 
ronefs of England in her own right, on May 14, 1776, by 
the title of Baronefs Hamilton, of Hameldon. 
John, the fifth duke, born in 172c, a field-marfhal in 
the army, and colonel of the third regiment of foot- 
g'uards, 
